Prognostic impact of isolated tumor cells in breast cancer axillary nodes: Single tumor cell(s) versus tumor cell cluster(s) and microanatomic location

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 645-651

  Vestjens, Johanna H ^a   De Boer, Maaike ^a   Van Diest, Paul J ^c   Van Deurzen, Carolien H ^c   Van Dijck, Jos A ^b   Borm, George F ^b   Adang, Eddy M ^b   Bult, Peter ^b   Tjan Heijnen, Vivianne C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Nodal isolated tumor cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE TUMOR CELL; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CELL CLUSTER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84856224777     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1771-0     Document Type: Article

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